Plural of ranch
regular plural
The plural of ranch is ranches.
Forms of ranch
| Singular | ranch /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | ranches |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Ranches in a sentence
- Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
- In the outback, many people live and work on sheep and cattle ranches.2000, Shirley W. Gray, Australia, page 31. From the entry outback
- This was the land of the ranches; the domain of the kings of the kine.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New…. From the entry mott
- And she did not take her foot off the gas, zigzagging over the southern areas of the country—that vast anti-Alaska of waffle houses and sunshine, cattle ranches and swamplands.2013, Leigh Newman, Still Points North: One Alaskan Childhood, One Grown-up World, One Long Journey Home, New York, N.Y.: The Dial Press…. From the entry waffle house
- Miss Dru, in old-style calicoes and ginghams, felt grubby beside the dudes and dudesses who galloped over from near-by ranches to the Arizona location where the picture was being shot.1947 July 26, Jim Marshall, “Glamor Hits the Range”, in Walter Davenport, editor, Collier’s, volume 120, number 4, Springfield, Oh.: The…. From the entry near-by
Meaning of ranch
- noun A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
- noun A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
- noun A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
Questions about the plural of ranch
- What is the plural of ranch?
- The plural of ranch is ranches.
- Is ranch countable?
- Ranch is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ranch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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